The Oxford History of the British Empire is a five-volume history of the British Empire published by the Oxford University Press in 1998 and 1999. According to the publisher, the series "deals with the interaction of British and non-western...
The historiography of the British Empire refers to the studies, sources, critical methods and interpretations used by scholars to develop a history of the British Empire. Historians and their ideas are the main focus here; specific lands and...
The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates, and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom and its predecessor states. It began with the overseas possessions and trading posts established by...
The British Empire was the foremost economic power for most of the 19th century. As a result of the Industrial Revolution which began in the United Kingdom, Britain became the wealthiest country in the world by the late 18th century, and was a...
The British Raj ( RAHJ; from Hindustani rāj, 'reign', 'rule' or 'government') was the period of rule of the British Crown on the Indian subcontinent, lasting from 1858 to 1947. It is also called Crown rule in India, or direct rule in India. The...
The Cambridge History of the British Empire was a major work of historical scholarship published in eight volumes between 1929 and 1961 by Cambridge University Press. Volume seven was divided into two parts. The general editors were John Holland...
The New Oxford History of England is a book series on the history of the British Isles. It is the successor to the Oxford History of England (1934–86). Eleven volumes were published between 1989 and 2010, with several volumes still to come.
Following the United Kingdom's declaration of war on Nazi Germany on 3 September 1939, numerous countries of the British Empire and Commonwealth entered the Second World War. These included crown colonies, protectorates, India, and four of the five...
After the Indian Rebellion of 1857, the British Government took over the administration from Company rule in India to establish the British Raj there. The British Raj was the period of Crown rule in India between 1858 and 1947, for around 200 years...
The British colonization of the Americas is the history of establishment of control, settlement, and colonization of the continents of the Americas by England, Scotland, and, after 1707, Great Britain. Colonization efforts began in the late 16th...
